Coop.



No. 831,221. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906. M. 0. FRIT'S.

COOP.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 2, 190a.

WITNESSES.-

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UNITED STATES MILTON C. FRITS, OF LORAINE, ILLINOIS.

COOP.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18,1906.

Application filed February 1906. Serial No. 299,206.

To all whom it may concern:

s Be it known that I, MILTON 0. Pairs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Loraine, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to improvements in brooders or coops for fowl.

o It has for its object to provide for the convenient housing and caring for the fowl or chickens and a coop adapted for brooding urposes and which may be readily cleaned and folded when required for shipment or 5 transportation or being stored.

= Said invention consists in the structural features substantially as hereinafter fully disclosed, and particularly pointed out by the claim.

' ing the preferred embodiment of my inven tion, Figure 1 is a perspective view and Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a knockdown view of the same.

In carrying out my invention I constitute the coop, preferably, of a number of parts or members adapted to cause it to finally assume a triangular shape in general outline, as shown, the same being designated as the hot tom 1, the ends 2, and the inclined top or roof members 8, said ends and roof or top members being suitably hinged or loosely connected to said bottom. Rings 4 or the like are preferably used to connect together the afore- 3 5 said parts or members, being inserted through apertures 4, produced therein at the requisite intervals apart, whereby these parts may be readily folded one upon the other or knocked down for shipment or storage when required,

0 or they may be spread outward,exposing their inner surfaces, as when it may be required to clean the coop, as will be readily understood.

The top or roof members 3 are held upon the upper inclined edges of the ends 2 and to 5 gether by a preferably hook-ended rod 5, one end thereof being loosely connected to one such member a suitable distance down from In the accompanying drawings, illustratl the roof apex or ridge and the hooked end of said rod being adapted to be caught over said ridge and inserted into an aperture in the opposite roof member, thus providing in addition for the ready separation of said roof or top members.

The ends 2 are suitably held in place bythe use of preferably ring-headed rods 6, inserted through apertures in practically opposite points in the roof members, two rods being employed for the retention of each end, the same passing opposite the inner and outer sides of the latter. It is also obvious that by simply withdrawing said rods the ends may be readily folded inward or outward, as may be desired.

The entrance-opening 1 to the coop may. be and is guarded against intruders by an inner skeleton door or grating 7, suitably hung from the coop opposite said opening, while outside ofthis grating is also suitably hung from the coop a preferably wire-netting door 8 for securely protecting and closing the same opening.

I claim A coop of the character described, composed of a bottom, triangular ends connected to said bottom, and top or roof members connected to said bottom and resting upon the edges of said ends and one top'memloer hav ing an overlapping ridge portion fitting down upon the apices of said ends and upon the corresponding upper edge of the opposite top member, means for connecting together said top members, and ring-ended rods inserted through apertures in said top members, two at each end thereof, one upon the inner side of each end and one upon the outer side of each end.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MILTON C. FRITS.

Witnesses:

R. FERREL, J. G. STUART. 

